L.A. Modern
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| Rating | : | 4.73 (789 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0847830675 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 248 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-07-12 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
This brand of modernism, blurring the boundaries of indoors and outdoors, has since been imitated from Seattle to Sydney. Acclaimed architecture and design photographer Tim Street-Porter captures the best Modernist architecture of Los Angeles, from the seminal Neutra houses to the idiosynchratic structures by Frank Gehry. Inspired by the International Style, architects and designers in Los Angeles developed their own individual styles with a rare sensitivity to site, landscape, and human scale. The birthplace of American modernism, Los Angeles is the epicenter for a new way of living for the last one hundred years, as manifested in its cutting-edge architecture and design. With roots in the innovative houses by Frank Lloyd Wright, Greene & Greene, and Rudolph Schindler in the early twentieth century, this constantly evolving city became a crucible of modern living. With iconic buildings by Craig Ellwood, Pierre Koenig, John Lautner, Charles and Ray Eames, and Oscar Niemeyer, among others, L.A. Modern presents the full spectrum of Los Angeles modernism in gorgeous new color photography.
Nicolai Ouroussoff is the architecture critic for The New York Times. Tim Street-Porter is an award-winning photographer who shoots for various shelter magazines. . He lives and works in Los Angeles. He is the author of Freestyle, Casa Mexicana, The Los Angeles House, Hollywood Style, and Los Angeles
"(Street-Porter) and (Ouroussoff) document some of the city's most drop-dead spreads, including those by Frank Gehry, John Launtner and Craig Ellwood." --Angeleno Interiors "Tim Street-Porter basks in LA Modern." Vanity Fair
Amazing Book for all architects! Jeffrey Smith I purchased this book for Christmas as a gift to my brother who is an architect! He absolutely loved the book. Very detailed and amazing photo's. Pefect gift as a coffee table book!. Bradley E McLaughlin said Five Stars. I spend hours just flipping thru, looking, reading, re-reading You get the idea.. Sir Jocko Walcott said A book worth keeping.. Excellent book with Tim Street Porter's outstanding eye. LA Modern illustrates a worthy collection of LA homes with many designs drawing from the MId Century style.